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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Gilbert looks to have shouldered arms - will be caught in no time
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    That Belgian champs jersey is magnificent.
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    That Belgian champs jersey is magnificent.

    Always has been the best looking national jersey
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Porte 4min 50 seconds behind that's my ptp gone
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Dav1d1 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    That Belgian champs jersey is magnificent.

    Always has been the best looking national jersey

    I think it's the plain black accessories that really make it.

    Who's the Cannondale on a flyer? Looks doomed...
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Someone called Kristjan Koren apparently. Never heard of him...
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Long sprint from Colbrelli
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The world's best sprinters produce the word's slowest sprint.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Colbrelli seems happy with that!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    No one could come round him.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    oof, I didnt think Sonny C was going to be able to hold on. Props.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Where's Phil Gil anyone?


    In the Bert group

    Cheers.

    I have a rather narrow lens through which I watch a lot of this; namely, how are the classics guys doing, and who of the Poggio potential protagonists (PPP) are doing well.

    Nom nom nom nom nom

    80-1 on Colbrelli although I'm not sure early season form has been indicative of much lately.
  • professeur
    professeur Posts: 232
    Beastly stuff
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Stage

    1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 4:20:59
    2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
    3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
    4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
    5 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
    6 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
    7 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
    8 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
    9 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
    10 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM

    GC
    1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 7:43:28
    2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
    3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:17
    4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:19
    5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:19
    6 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 0:00:21
    7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:23
    8 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
    9 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
    10 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:31
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Where's Phil Gil anyone?


    In the Bert group

    Cheers.

    I have a rather narrow lens through which I watch a lot of this; namely, how are the classics guys doing, and who of the Poggio potential protagonists (PPP) are doing well.

    Nom nom nom nom nom

    80-1 on Colbrelli although I'm not sure early season form has been indicative of much lately.

    He's no PPP though is he?
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Richard Porte finished 14 minutes behind and Bouhanni abandoned. I've had better PTP days.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    edited March 2017
    Flat stage and people rolling in after yellow jersey presentation! What sort of time gap calculation is it today?

    edit ten percent, so about 26 mins. I think the last group was rolling in about 22 mins down. Not sure if anyone else is out there
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Apparently tomorrow is going to have more wind and rain...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Apparently tomorrow is going to have more wind and rain...
    Race to the Sun my arse
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    First PTP points of the season, at last!
    Half man, Half bike
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Ridgerider wrote:
    First PTP points of the season, at last!

    Groenewegen?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Ridgerider wrote:
    First PTP points of the season, at last!

    Impressed that Groenewegen being up there. A PPP sign, Rick?
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Apparently tomorrow is going to have more wind and rain...
    Race to the Sun my ars*

    http://en.nicetourisme.com/webcam-nice-s-beaches
    Sunny but seriously windy
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Apparently tomorrow is going to have more wind and rain...
    Race to the Sun my ars*

    That would be the Race to the Moon surely? :wink:
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Apparently tomorrow is going to have more wind and rain...
    Race to the Sun my ars*

    It's the race TO the sun - doesn't mean it has to be sunny on the way!

    In fact it makes more sense if the weather's shite en route.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    dish_dash wrote:
    Ridgerider wrote:
    First PTP points of the season, at last!

    Impressed that Groenewegen being up there. A PPP sign, Rick?

    He won't be doing sh!t on the Poggio other than hanging on for dear life.

    Dutch domestic rider does well in crosswind stage shocker :P
    _
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    Jumbo do not 'hang on' on the hills, to door mirrors anyway!
    Half man, Half bike
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    edited March 2017
    Man alive, some teams are having shockers - but Cannondale Drapac and BMC... oh my days. Then there's ag2r...

    If things carry on like this, by stage 7 I reckon most riders would prefer to be luzzed off the top of Col de la Couillole with the winner being the one who rolled furthest.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I checked before, and there's only 21 guys within 90 seconds of the lead. Of which 10 are what you would call favourites, some of them outsiders at best (Alaphilippe and Gallopin included)

    And it's only day 2!
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Apparently a tailwind expected for most of the day.

    Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale), Ben King (Dimension Data), and Romain Combaud (Delko-Marseille) in the break.

    Had a lovely lunch and expensive wine buying day in Mercurey a couple of years ago...

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